Weather stripping



S p 7, 1929. c. c. BURDINE 1,723,660

WEATHER STR IPP I NG Filed Oct. 24, 1928 Patented Sept. 17, 1929 1,728,660

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE CHARLES c. BURDINE, OF BRONXVILLE, NEW Yonx WEATHER s'mrrrrue Application filed October 24, 1928. Serial 1&0. 314,674.

This invention relates to improvements in frames. Preferably, the adhesive consists of weather-stripping, and has particular refera non-hardening rubber base, like that emence to such materials for use as accessories ployed in the well-known adhesive surgical in sealing doors, windows, and the like. or mending tapes, and is adapted to retain 5 In order to eliminate drafts and to reduce its adhesiveness for an indefinite length of loss of heat in cold weather, building of varitime when made up in stock. Or, the adheous kinds have been equipped with weathersive may be in the form of adry coating which stripping, but the materials commercially may be softened in any suitable manner when available for this purpose have given rise to the device is applied to the parts where-it serious objections for several reasons. Such is to be used. The adhesive medium may be 60 materials have comprised felt strips, and applied to and carried directly by the wooden strips lined with rubber, and have weather-strip, or it may be attached thereto been applied to the window and door frames through the medium of a strip of'adhesiveby means of nails, or screws. As a result, concarrying tape, the latter to be secured to the siderable labor has been necessary to apply weather-strippin in any suitable manner. 5

the weather-stripping, and particularly in The advantageo the latter is that the weaththe case of those with wooden strips, a cerer-strip may more easily be removed from tain amount of skill as a carpenter is necesthe parts without damage to th weather-ex-. sary in order to avoid mutilation of the strips cludlng portion and, if desired, be preserved and the parts to which they are secured. The for future use. 7 0 felt strips, when used alone, frequently be- An advantage of the device consists in its come loose, and are furthermore unsightly sanitary features, in thatits adhesion to the due to the fact that they collect dust and the parts 1s so intimate that dust, vermin, larvae like. In the eventthat weather-strips are reof insects, germs, etc. cannot find lodgment.

'moved without being replaced, the nail holes A further advantage is that it may be are left visible. Due to the impossibility of worked into exposed corners, cavities and driving nails into metal, the prior art crevices which are inaccessible for the appliweather-stripping has not been capable of catlon of the prior art forms of weather-strip- 1 use in modern apartment houses, hotels, ofping.

'30 fice buildings, etc., wherein metal window For a fuller understanding of the nature frames and door frames are employed. The and objects of the invention, reference should foregoing and other objectionable features be had to the following detail description of the prior art are overcome by the present taken 1n connection with the accompanying invention, which has amon its objects the drawings, in which-- provision of weather-strippiiig which willbe Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view 85 more economical, more easily applied, more of One embodiment of the invention, with durable, and of neater appearance than prior the adhesive applied directly to the strip of art weather stripping. weather-stripping material;

More specifically I apply an adhesive coat- 1g. 2 is a cross section of the same as ap- (0 ing to one surface of a strip of felt, rubber, or plled to a window frame and sash; other suitable material, so as to form an ad- Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view showhesively-coated weather-strip which can be ing the adhesive applied to the weather-stripfastened in place without the employment of ping material through the medium of a extraneous fastening devices, such as nails, carrying tape of adhesive, the latter in this 45 screws or the like, which have been customary instance being cemented-to the strip; in the past. Thus I avoid marring of the Fig. 4is,a view similar to Fig. 3,-but showframes, or other parts to which the material ing the adhesive-carrying tape stitched to is a plied, and, furthermore, enable the the weather-stripping material; weat er-strips to be readily and conveniently F i 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but show- 50 attached'to metal window frames and door ing the weather-stripping material provided with a reinforcing strip on its reverse. face and outer edge;

Fig. 6 is a modified form of the device; Fig. 7 is a further modified form of the device;

Fig. 8 is another modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 9 is another modified form of the invention.

Referring to Fig. 1, the numeral 10 indi cates a portion of a strip of weather-excluding material, such as felt, rubber, or the like. Applied to one face of the material, as at 11, is a coating of adhesive 12, preferably of a non-hardening rubber base. In order properly to apply this adhesive coating, that portion of the weather-stripping to which the adhesive is applied may be sized with shellac or varnish better to carry the adhesive material, as well as to prevent the latter from being absorbed too deeply into the material, of which the weather-strip is composed.

In applying the adhesive coating 12, a marginal space 13 extending longitudinally along one edge of the weather-strip is left free of adhesive in order that said marginal portion 13 may adapt itself to inequalities in the parts adjacent to which the weather-strip is applied, and also that the adhesive portion'may not come in contact with the sash or other movable part. 1

In Fig. 2 the weather-strip is shown applied to a window-frame 14 with its uncoated portion 13 in sealing and sliding contact with the window-sash 15. It will be noted here that the adhesive 12 is out of contact with the sliding sash 15 and that the free flexible edge 13 of the strip engages the side of the sash, completely sealing the space 15 through which cold air would otherwise enter.

Referring to Fig. 3, the numeral 16 indicates a strip of textile tape having its back cemented to the weather-strip 10 in any suitable manner and carryingon its opposite face the adhesive 12.

Another modification is shown in Fig. 4, wherein 18 indicates a tapestitched as at 18 to the weather-stripping material and carrying upon its outer face the adhesive 12. In both forms illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the free marginal edge 13 is retained for the purposes explained with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to Fig. 5, the weather-stripping is shown provided with a reinforcing stripof any suitable material 20 extending around the outer edge 21 of the material and over the face 22 opposite to which the adhesive is applied.

' This reinforcing serves the purpose of preventing breakage or clistintegration of the insulating material, improves the general appearance of the article and may be made of such a character as toharmonize with any type of surroundings. h

Fig. 6 illustrates the manner in which the intermediate adhesive-carrying tape may extend beyond the outer edge of the weatherstrip in order to provide a wider'facing of adhesive than a narrow piece of weather-stripping material would permit. To effect this object, the reinforcing strip 20 is brought around the extended edge of the adhesive-. carrying tape'and formed with a flange 23 coextensive with a laterally extending edge 23 of the tape.

Fig. 7 shows a strip of material 24 doubled over and forming a longitudinally-extending loop 25 on its sealing or contacting edge.

In Fig. 8 the weather-stripping 30 is shown with the adhesive medium 31 permeating its mass but provided with a longitudinally-extending edging 32 free of adhesive.

In Fig. 9 the weather stripping 10 is shown in the form of a narrow edging attached to and carried by one edge of the adhesive tape 16.

In using the improved weather-stripping it is only necessary to cut the material to proper length, and then apply it with suitable manual pressure to effect its adhesion. In actual practice the weather-stripping may be initially provided with a liner of holland, wax paper, or the like to protect the adhesive surface until it is to be used, and such a liner can easily be stripped ofl just prior to the application of the weather-stripping.

From the foregoing it will be evident that I have provided an improved weather-stripping which is of extremely simple construction and capable of being easily secured to or removed from a window or door frame of either metal or wood. Due to the fact that the material is held throughout its entire length, it will not bulge and become unsightly, and in fact, when suitably embellished, it will enhance rather than detract from the appearance of the room. Obviously, the invention is susceptible of further modification in the details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

" 1. Weather-stripping, embodying a body of material in the form of a strip, and bearing over a side surface a longitudinal coating of adhesive of less width than the strip, the

longitudinal edge-portion of the strip beyond the adhesive being flexible and yielding, and

constituting a weather-excluding portion.

2. A weather-strip, consisting of relative-. ly thick cushioning, a strip of material having an adhesive coating on one side of less width than that of the strip for attachment to a frame and'having an uncoated marginal edge to serve as a weather seal.

3. In a Weather-strip, the combination of a strip of flexible cushioning material, a strip of adhesive-carrying material attached thereto, and means for attaching the same together.

4. In a weather-strip, the combination of a strip of Weather-stripping material, an ad hesive on one face thereof, and a continuous facing of reinforcing material on the opposite face thereof.

5. In a Weather-strip a strip of flexible 10 material, and a strip of adhesive-carrying material overlying a portion of one surface of said flexible material, an edge of said adhesive-carrying material extending beyond the corresponding edge of the flexible material.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a Weather strip comprising a strip of felt or similar cushioning material, having on one of its surfaces a longitudinal coating of nondrying weather-proof adhesive, said coating being of less width than the strip whereby to leave a free cushioning edge.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a weather strip comprising a strip of felt or similar cushioning material, having on a por- -tion of one of its surfaces a strip of adhesive tape which is coated on both sides With a weather-proof adhesive, said adhesive tape being so arranged as to leave one marginal edge of the felt strip free to bear against a relatively moving part of a structure to which the tape is secured.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES C. BURDINE. 

